Handover of official bids: Reactions

The nine candidates competing to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups™ were present at the home of FIFA today, Friday 14 May 2010, to hand over their official Bid Books.

In accordance with the process laid out in the attached circular, the delegations of Australia, England, Netherlands/Belgium, Japan, Korea Republic, Qatar, Russia, Spain/Portugal and USA were in attendance in Zurich to submit their bids, which included signed Hosting Agreements and all other hosting documents (incorporated in the Bid Book as an annexe).